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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1913
Page
12
The Independent Democratic Paper of New England published daily in Boston presents its April 10 1918 edition from 259 Washington Street. No specific stories are readable in this fragment.
The notice lists daily and Sunday subscription rates for Boston district delivery with options for one day or longer terms. It mentions payment methods including money orders and stamps and directs continued payments to the Post Office. The message includes a postal district and reference numbers for the payment process.
The Boston Post proclaims ownership of the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world, as noted by Robert Hoe of R Hoe & Co. The boast highlights unrivaled production capacity and prestige for the Boston paper.
The piece frames Dr. Howard W. Nowell of Boston University as claiming a preliminary breakthrough toward a cancer cure. It emphasizes that this step is hopeful but unproven, urging public confidence while noting cancer's mystery and the universal wish for progress from any credible path.
The article states President Wilson will permit Postmaster Mansfield to finish his term in Boston citing his efficiency courtesy and energy. It notes the decision dampens Republican claims that Democrats seek offices for personal gain and portrays Mansfield as a first class official.
The People’s Game opens for 1913 with Boston’s world champions starting a season full of public fervor. Across the nation fans follow every pitch from office boy to magnate, trusting the sport’s clean, honest reputation as Fenway Park hosts the opener.
The text notes a 1914 race ahead, warning against defeat from time allowances and predicting a strong contest. It credits Lipton for enabling the event and mentions national ridicule as a likely reaction to poor preparation.
Boston Chamber of Commerce leaders and Mayor Fitzgerald push conciliation and arbitration between the New England Telegraph and its women employees. Public sentiment favors restraint over strikes as executives face criticism for hiring outsiders to keep service running. The aim is a peaceful settlement with mutual concessions and mediation for remaining issues.
East readers note Michigan voters rejected the woman suffrage amendment by over twenty five thousand, a larger margin than last year. The piece attributes the swing to suffragette violence in England and warns it harms lawful suffragists at home.
Sir Thomas Lipton declares plans to send a new challenge for the America's Cup without conditions. He will bring a 75-foot yacht, a right he asserts. The New York Yacht Club is expected to respond by constructing a defender of similar length, following the precedent set by the 90-foot Reliance.
The editorial urges Boston to invite Dr Friedmann, discoverer of a turtle serum claimed to treat tuberculosis, to test his remedy in local hospitals. It notes his sincerity, lack of proven harm, and successful trials in New York and Providence, arguing Boston should extend a welcoming invitation.
Letter to the Post requests the Nantasket Steamboat Company run boats to Nantasket on April 19 and 20 to suit cottage owners. The writer, J R Sabram Riley of Waltham, appeals for newspaper assistance to gain management cooperation.
A comic verse item recalls a maid in Mattapan who traps a man with a cap and a large hat-pin, ending with a playful punchline about gendered fashion and the imagined future of whiskers separating men from women.
Chief Sharp recalls a Secret Service official, Jim Briggs, who passed a forged thousand at a New York bank. Briggs later tried to spend it at Sherry’s café, substituted cash, and retrieved the note. Squiggins, the world’s top detector, used an acid test to prove the bill counterfeit.
Steve and Chief Sharp discuss a perfect counterfeit note that rivals the genuine. The chief reveals hundreds of thousands of such notes have appeared worldwide in nine months, humiliating the Secret Service. Steve vows to pursue the counterfeiters to the ends of the earth. to be continued.
A clipping from the Manchester Union reports Fred Ray of Bedford as earliest in New England to pick cherry blossoms this spring. The column also covers dockyard work on the Wabash, witty remarks about Theodore Roosevelt, Unitarian flood appeals, and various Boston area news including printers, tech education, and local families.
James J Hill grows from St Paul levee talker to one of America's richest men through building and expanding railroads. His Minnesota venture rode out a grasshopper famine and led to Great Northern and Northern Pacific mergers. Supporters praise vision. critics note his talkative nature and shifting plans.
The verse decries the fixation on ladies as idealized idols and urges honoring plain women for their homeward, maternal, and cheerful roles. It contrasts the idealized “ladies” with the real women who shape homes, raise children, and bring light to daily life.
A fragment suggests a cryptic notion of reading minds through a blank book. The text hints at unseen thoughts and a mysterious link between consciousness and empty pages, framed in a reflective, puzzling tone.
Peggy inherits the spice box after Aunt Jane dies finding the fortune hidden inside. The note directs them to keep money in the box, while the bulk is placed in bank. Peggy and Will embark on a romance amid the mystery.
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